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This group is for clients in APAC to share ideas and network with each otherFri, 17 May 2019 02:06:08 GMTJive Engage 2018.19.0.0_jx (http://jivesoftware.com/products/)2019-05-17T02:06:08ZCertificates for Partial and Full Course Completion with Cataloghttps://community.canvaslms.com/groups/apac/blog/2019/05/17/certificates-for-partial-and-full-course-completion-with-catalog
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:21351e0f-1cd7-44a6-9a1b-1c4364f61636] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">Scenario: Your learners will be taking a course, where you would like to issue a certificate for partial and full completion. For example, if they complete 80%, they get a Participation Certificate, and if they complete 100%, they get an Achievement Award. How can we do this?</span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">Skip to the Steps:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;"><div class="toc"><ul><li><ul><ul><li>
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</ul></ul></li></ul></div></span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">In Catalog, we can create a certificate to be issued automatically to a learner after course requirements are completed. 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<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:af210d0d-c29d-4f07-ade4-c9855373b828] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>This particular piece was written as part of a response to a question asked at the Monthly APAC Group&#160;Catch-Up.&#160;</em></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><h2><strong>The Question</strong></h2><p><em>What other options are there for providing SCORM to our end users that isn't necessarily graded.</em> More specifically,&#160;formative assessment options or&#160;ways to utilise&#160;SCORM as a learning resource.&#160;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><h2><strong>My Response</strong></h2><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One option is to&#160;<em>Upload the SCORM Package</em> as an <em>Ungraded Assignment</em> and then <em>iFrame the relevant HTML Code into a Content Page</em>. Please find the steps below:</span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><div><div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Step 1</strong></span></div><div>Upload the SCORM Package using SCORM and set as a 'Ungraded Assignment'. We have set to Ungraded because&#160;we are identifying that there is no&#160;need for Grade Passback. We are just using this as item as a resource. Here is a guide on how to <a class="jive-link-wiki-small" data-containerId="2558" data-containerType="14" data-objectId="10312" data-objectType="102" href="https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10312-4152340211">Upload a SCORM Package</a>.&#160;</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Step 2</strong></span></div><div><em>Click on the Assignment</em> and go to 'Edit Settings'. Ensure you identify that the tool needs to be opened in a 'New Tab' and then click 'Save'.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://community.canvaslms.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-3422-271820/Load+This+Tool+in+a+New+Tab.png"><img alt="Load This Tool In A New Tab Toggle in Assignment Settings" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" height="590" src="https://community.canvaslms.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-3422-271820/Load+This+Tool+in+a+New+Tab.png" style="width: 620px; height: 331px;" width="1104"/></a></div><div> </div><div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Step 3</strong></span></div><div>You will then see the following screen that allows you the ability to load in a New Tab. Click on the 'Load' button.&#160;</div><div><a href="https://community.canvaslms.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-3422-271821/New+Browser.png"><img alt="Load in New Tab" class="image-2 jive-image j-img-original" height="214" src="https://community.canvaslms.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-3422-271821/New+Browser.png" style="width: 620px; height: 159px;" width="834"/></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Step 4</strong></span></div><div>Once open, take the URL from that 'New Tab' and insert it into this iFrame where the '#' is:</div><div><span style="color: #ff6600;">&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="<strong>#</strong>" width="100%" height="640"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</span></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Step 5</strong></span></div><div><em>Insert the above HTML</em> using the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>HTML Editor</strong></span> inside of a Content Page.&#160;</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Any questions, please tag me when you comment below.&#160;</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Thanks,</div><div>- Am</div></div></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:af210d0d-c29d-4f07-ade4-c9855373b828] -->scormresourceungradedvocational educationscormltiformativeformative assessmentformative assessmentslearning resourcesonline resourcesTue, 27 Mar 2018 21:46:20 GMTinstructure@jiveon.comhttps://community.canvaslms.com/groups/apac/blog/2018/03/27/formative-options-for-scorm-packages2018-03-27T21:46:20Z1 year 6 months ago0https://community.canvaslms.com/groups/apac/blog/comment/formative-options-for-scorm-packageshttps://community.canvaslms.com/groups/apac/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=3422My InstCon 2017 summaryhttps://community.canvaslms.com/groups/apac/blog/2017/08/25/my-instcon-2017-summary
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:42af5cef-9a75-40e8-b5d0-559ccc8bac78] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>I know there are still things from InstCon 2017 that I haven't had the chance to explore further and I'm sure there are things that I have placed in the back of my mind that I haven't even processed yet.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>In addition to presenting about the MyUni Transform project, I met with other Canvas users from around the globe to discuss many topics but the highlights were:</p><ul><li>Improving the Canvas Community</li><li>Sharing ideas to support staff and students in using Canvas</li><li>Exploring up and coming features</li><li>Sharing resources and course design rubrics</li><li>Canvas hacks</li></ul><p>&#160;</p><p>From learning about community created <a class="jive-link-wiki-small" data-containerId="1038" data-containerType="700" data-objectId="8591" data-objectType="102" href="https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-8591-canvancements-canvas-enhancements">Canvancements</a> (Canvas hacks), to knowing who to follow for all things <a class="jive-link-blog-small" data-containerId="1821" data-containerType="37" data-objectId="2925" data-objectType="38" href="https://community.canvaslms.com/community/instcon/2017/blog/2017/07/24/insertoperativename">Canvas mobile</a>, to discussing online course design standards with <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ccconlineed.org/faculty-resources/professional-development/online-course-design-standards/" rel="nofollow">California Community Colleges</a>; the days of travel and incredible jet lag were worth it.</p><p>&#160;</p><p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">In sharing with others from around the world it&#8217;s nice to know our challenges aren&#8217;t unique when it comes to learning and teaching, which means we can work together to find solutions.</span></p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:42af5cef-9a75-40e8-b5d0-559ccc8bac78] -->Fri, 25 Aug 2017 04:23:20 GMTinstructure@jiveon.comhttps://community.canvaslms.com/groups/apac/blog/2017/08/25/my-instcon-2017-summary2017-08-25T04:23:20Z2 years 3 weeks ago20https://community.canvaslms.com/groups/apac/blog/comment/my-instcon-2017-summaryhttps://community.canvaslms.com/groups/apac/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=3069My APAC community confessionhttps://community.canvaslms.com/groups/apac/blog/2017/06/05/my-apac-community-confession
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<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:69342707-e551-40f8-a4a6-aec341bc20b7] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Actualmente imparto asignaturas en el nivel posgrado de Administraci&oacute;n en Sistemas de Calidad; comparto la pr&aacute;ctica de la Consultor&#237;a Empresarial con el placer de la docencia. En lo personal esta es una herramienta que me parece extraordinaria y que recientemente acabo de descubrir. Tengo a&#241;os utilizando la plataforma Moodle como estrategia de aprendizaje para administrar los contenidos de las materias que imparto y que me han ayudado a estimular en mis alumnos nuevas formas de acceder al conocimiento, ya que a trav&eacute;s de este medio puedo combinar presentaciones dise&#241;adas con Prezi, mapas conceptuales, el uso de los discos virtuales de google drive o dropbox, etc. Al tener la oportunidad de explorar Canvas, observo que es de mucho m&aacute;s f&aacute;cil de utilizar que Moodle, me ha interesado mucho de como poder insertar un Notebook de One Note y la facilidad con las que es posible llevar el r&eacute;cord de aprendizaje de los alumnos. Me gustar&#237;a participar en esta comunidad y poder intercambiar ideas y experiencias con otros docentes u otras personas. Quiero mencionar que pude descubrir esta plataforma gracias a que me inscrib&#237; en un curso de Evernote.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:69342707-e551-40f8-a4a6-aec341bc20b7] -->Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:39:10 GMTinstructure@jiveon.comhttps://community.canvaslms.com/groups/apac/blog/2016/09/07/sistemas-de-gesti%C3%B3n-del-aprendizaje-para-alumnos-de-posgrado2016-09-07T11:39:10Z3 years 1 week ago0https://community.canvaslms.com/groups/apac/blog/comment/sistemas-de-gesti%C3%B3n-del-aprendizaje-para-alumnos-de-posgradohttps://community.canvaslms.com/groups/apac/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=2139